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Oct. 19, 1937. w J T E 2,096,358

CONTAINER Filed March 15, 1935 15 time as used, said container having a movable spaced apart.

35 ing wherein like numerals of reference designate by the appended claim. 35

Patented Oct. 19, 1937 I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE comma William J. Gautier, Houston, Tex, assignor of ine-half to Harry Whitfield Thrower, Houston,

Application March 15, 1935, Serial No. 11,344

1 Claim. (01. 220-93) This invention relates to a container and has with its upper end threaded to receive the grip particular relation to a container having a mov- 8 which is screwed thereon and which clamps able closure which maintains the container at against the upper face of the upper disk 5, whereall times hermetically sealed. by said disks are maintained in assembled rela- An object of the invention is to provide a contion. The assembly of disks has a peripheral tainer having a closure therefor which may be groove 9 therearound, said groove being outward- 5 moved to vary the volume of the enclosed cham- 1y flared and seated in the groove and surroundber in the container and which will at all times ing the closure is an annular packing l0 which maintain the contents of the container sealed fits closely against the inside of the container off from the surrounding air. walls to form an air-tight joint. The knob 8 10 A further object of the invention is to provide may be screwed downwardly to cause a suiiicient 10 a container especially designed for containing expansion of the packing to maintain the joint coffee and similar products and having a disair-tight. One of the disks has an annular rib charge opening through which the contents of l I adjacent its outer margin which is extended the container may be withdrawn from time to toward the other disk to maintain the disks top which maintains the enclosed chamber con- The disks 5 and 6 have the outlet openings l2, taining the contents, at all times hermetically l3, and the opening [3 is controlled by the outsealed and which may be gradually moved downwardly opening flap-valve l4.

wardly as the container is emptied so as to ex- As the contents are withdrawn from the conclude the air from the contents of the container, e t e sure may be o ed down a y, 20 said closure having an air outlet and an outhe air escaping out through the p ni s wardly opening valve controlling said outlet. and the closure thus maintained in close contact Withthe above and other objects in view, the with the remaining contents of the container so invention has particular relation to certain novel that substantially all air will be excluded from features of construction, arrangement of parts, the contents of the container, and said contents 25 and use, an example of which is given in this of the container will remain fresh for a longer specification and illustrated in the accompanying period of time.

drawing, wherein: When the container has been emptied the clo- Figure 1 shows a side view of the container ur may be re ily r m v and h n in r partly in section. refilled, and the closure replaced. 30

Figure 2 shows a vertical sectional view, and The drawin and d s p d s l s what is Figure 3 shows a cross-sectional View taken now considered to be a preferred form of the A on the line 3-3 of Figure 2. invention by way of illustration only, while the Referring now more particularly to the drawbroad principle of the invention will be defined parts in each of the figures, the numeral What I claim is: I desi nat s a o t n r, pr ferably n t e or A closure for a container formed of coinciding of a jar or J discs, means maintaining the discs in assembled he l w end of t e container may ave an relation and effective to adjust the discs toward Outlet 099111118 2 and a discharge Chu 3 leadand from each other, the assembly having an 40 8' from said p cp ns y be external annular outwardly flared groove, an antrolled by a vertically slidable gate 4, as shown nular packing shaped to conform to the shape in Figure 1- Wi the container there is a of and fitted into said groove the outer face of sure or cover preferably formed of upper and th packing being of a width approximately lower disks 5 and equal to the thickness of the closure, said discs 45 A bolt 1 is fitted up y through aligned nhaving outlet openings and a valve arranged betral openin s through id di s with its head tween the discs for controlling said openings. resting against the lower face of the disk 6, and WILLIAM J. GAU'I'IER. 

